The Sound! The Fury!

The beloved buzzword of postmodern theater is "immersive." In practice it can mean many different things, all of which reduce to one big thing: The audience is somehow made to feel as though it's part of the show. In Kenneth Branagh's "Macbeth," for instance, you arrive at the Park Avenue Armory, present your ticket at the door, and are duly assigned to a "clan" (complete with identifying rubber wristband) and steered to a waiting area. In due course you and your fellow clan...